Biology:Saiphos (genus)
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Short description: Genus of lizards
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Saiphos Gray, 1839 |
| Species: | S. equalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Saiphos equalis (Gray, 1825)
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| Distribution of the three-toed skink | |
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Saiphos is a monotypic genus of lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus contains one species, Saiphos equalis, which is endemic to Australia .[2] It is also known commonly as the three-toed skink and the yellow-bellied three-toed skink.
Geographic range
S. equalis is found in extreme eastern Australia, in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.[2]
References
- ↑ Shea G, Clemann N, Hutchinson M, Chapple D (2018). "Saiphos equalis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109481120A109481148. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109481120A109481148.en. Downloaded on 15 September 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Saiphos at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.
Further reading
- Gray, John Edward (1825). "A Synopsis of the Genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a Description of some new Species". Annals of Philosophy, New Series 10: 193–217. (Seps equalis, new species, p. 202).
- Greer, Allen E.; David, Patrick; Teynié, Alexandre (2006). "The Southeast Asian scincid lizard Siaphos tridigitus Bourret, 1939 (Reptilia, Scincidae): a second specimen". Zoosystema 28 (3): 785–790. PDF fulltext
Wikidata ☰ Q2587410 entry
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